'There were some good days, but a lot of not so good days,' The Jeopardy! host, who is undergoing treatment for stage 4 pancreatic cancer, revealed
host notes that despite there being only an 18 percent one-year survival rate for patients, he’s passed that milestone — and plans to celebrate another one next year.
“I am very happy to report that I have just reached that marker,” Trebek says, referring to the less than 20 percent one-year survival static.“There were some good days, but a lot of not so good days,” he says. “I joke with friends that the cancer won’t kill me, but the chemo will.” Last May, Trebek told PEOPLE that his first round of chemo had gone so well that some of his tumors had shrunk by 50 percent. However, later in the summer, he said his numbers had gone back up, and he would undergo another round of chemo — the side effects of which can leave him feeling depleted and oftentimes, depressed.
, who has helped me survive. A betrayal of other cancer patients who have looked to me as an inspiration, and a cheerleader of sorts of the value of living and hope.”that have been said on my behalf.”Trebek also notes that though the two-year survival rate is only 7 percent, he sees no reason he can’t continue fighting the good fight and beating the odds — and he has a message for other fellow patients and survivors out there.
“So many of us are involved in this same situation,” he says. “If we take it just one day at a time with a positive attitude, anything is possible.”
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